Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 23, 1792
Primary Source Reference:
Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 23 Jan 1792
Additional Source Text:
Also listed in New-York Daily Gazette, 28 Jan 1792 and Argus (Boston), 10 Feb 1792
Notes:
These may have been Caribbean doves (Leptotila jamaicensis). In the 18th century the Caribbean dove was described under the name "white-bellied dove" by several naturalists including John Ray in 1713, Hans Sloane in 1725, and Patrick Browne in 1756.
Specimen Type:
Live (presumably eventually taxidermied/preserved)
Peale's Common Name:
Dove
Current Common Name:
Caribbean dove
Current Scientific Name
Leptotila jamaicensis
